Crows download J-Podâ€™s memory

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JAMES Podsiadly looms as Adelaide's secret weapon in its bid to upset Geelong at Simonds Stadium on Thursday night.

Crows coach Brenton Sanderson says his club has picked the brains of its ace key forward recruit for two weeks leading into its premiership season opener and has significant inside knowledge on how the Cats play.

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Throw in the intelligence Sanderson and his assistant coach Darren Milburn have on their former club and Sanderson says only Essendon could match the Crows for "intel'' on Geelong.

"We've certainly leaned on 'Podsy' a fair bit in the last couple of weeks just to make sure there's nothing we haven't missed," Sanderson said.

"He's been great. There's probably a little bit of pressure on him too, playing against his former club in round one.

"But he's been really good and we feel like we do know Geelong pretty well.

Adelaide Crows forward James Podsiadly plays against former side Geelong in the opening match of the 2014 season. Picture: Sarah Reed.

"I haven't been there for a few years and neither has Darren Milburn, but we sort of feel like we know how Geelong play, we know a lot about their players, we know a lot about the ground.

"We'll certainly go over there well prepared.

"We're probably one of the sides in the competition, with Essendon with (coach) Mark Thompson and Paul Chapman there now, that (knows Geelong).

"We certainly feel like we've got enough information. It's just whether we can execute it now.''

Podsiadly, 32, kicked 169 goals in 83 games for the Cats and played in their 2011 premiership side before crossing to Adelaide in the off-season.

Sanderson said the powerfully-built left-footer had provided Adelaide with "probably a few things that we weren't entirely across''.

James Podsiadly, centre, at training on Wednesday with Matt Crouch, left, and co-captain Patrick Dangerfield. Picture: Daniel Kalisz.

"But they would have made some changes over the summer period too, so I'm sure there's going to be a couple of little things which might surprise us with their setups and structures,'' he said.

Sanderson said he wasn't expecting miracles from Podsiadly in his Crows debut, asking him just to "compete''.

"The fairytale story would be that he would go over there and kick a bag of goals for us and then we'd win, but ultimately he's there to provide a contest for us," Sanderson said.

"This is an extremely good Geelong defence with Harry Taylor, (Tom) Lonergan, (Corey) Enright, (Andrew) Mackie — those guys have been playing footy together for seven or eight years, so they have got good chemistry there.

"It'll be an emotional game for James, I'm sure.

"He won a premiership there and he played there for four or five seasons.

"But from our point of view we're just hoping that he competes at every contest. If he can jag a couple of goals to go along with that, then that'd be fantastic."

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